Improvement in combined fliers and scissors



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Letters Patent No. 95,834, dated October 12, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

.Scissors and Pliers, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specicatiou, in wllich- I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined instrument, the scissors and pliers being both in an open position, `lready for use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same, closed.

My invention relates to certain improvements in combined scissors and nippers, for which Lett ers Patent of the United States were granted to Halsey D. W'alcott, on the 13th day of March, A. D. 1860.

His invention, as set forth in the said Letters Patent, consists in a pair of scissors, with the points of the blades attened, to serve as pliers or nippers. When so constructed, the office of the pliers only can beproperly performed, as the scissors cannot be used to advantage in many cases, for instance, in making button-holes, owing to the cutting-edges not terminating in a point, which necessarily limits the. stroke of the edges in the ordinary operation of cutting any material, and they are, therefore, of but little use as scissors, except for cutting a narrow strip or severing a thread. l

To..provide an instrumentv in which the function of the scissors and that of the pliers-viz, of cutting and grasping-are both combined, so as to allow each to perfectly perform its respective function without interfering with the other, is the object of my invention, which consists in a double pair of jaws, one of which is provided with cutting-edges, terminating in points,

while the othen pair of jaws is attened at its extremities, and may be closed t0 grasp a thread or other article, when so desired.

'lo enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings- A B represent two pieces of metal, pivoted together at a, and provided with openings 3 for the reception of the fingers, the piece A, from 'oto c, and the piece B, fromb to o', being provided. with cutting-edges, which taper to points at c c', and are intended to perform the odice of the ordinary scissors or shears, while the jaws d d' of the pieces A and B are flattened at their extremities, and may be closed together, to seize a thread in various positions vin a sewing-machine, when it is `desired to conduct and draw it through the eye of theneedle.

It is evident that the form of the jaws Z d' may be varied somewhat, if desired, and that they may be made separate from the pieces A B, and secured thereto in any suitable manner. l

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